With only 33 days left until Election Day, more than 50 candidates from state races were abuzz on the Union Plaza on Wednesday, hoping to reach student voters and prove their merit as the candidate who will best represent the U.

Vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin will debate tonight at 7 p.m., in what will be one of Palin's first live, unscripted, give-and-take appearances on national TV.

The major party contenders for Utah attorney general sparred over school vouchers, crime, ethics and civil liberties in a feisty debate sponsored by the Hinckley Institute of Politics on Tuesday.

Josh Voland took in the scene: eight giant messages left in paint, splashed across the sidewalk in front of the Heritage Center. They all said the same mysterious words that have spread like wildfire across the U for the past three days.

The Campus Organic Gardens donates the harvests to local food pantries. This year, volunteers have started selling excess produce at the campus farmers market and gained an important customer8212;Chartwells.

On Wednesday, panelists at the Hinckley Institute of Politics tackled this often taboo topic in a forum titled "B(l)ack to the Future," which examined the social and political significance of the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama, the first black candidate on a major party presidential ticket.

Campus police arrested Ryan J. Myres early Monday morning after he drove into a U Hospital fence and claimed to be the victim.

More than 75 signatures were gathered for a petition to reform sex education in Utah8212;an action taken by Students for Choice as part of its sex education week on campus.

A vigilante tagger has graffitied the U's lower campus two nights in a row with a mystery message: "ASK HER."

Although the results of a two-year study at the U seem to show that two nutritional supplements don't have an effect on slowing cartilage loss, U researchers believe a longer study could show more positive results.